Week 3 Topic A Title: Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months and power over the air Link: https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/130380-future-batteries-...

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Week 3 Topic A Title: Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months and power over the air Link: https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/130380-future-batteries- coming-soon-charge-in-seconds-last-months-and-power-over-the-air Summary/Precis: The article points out that while there have been massive advances in smart devices (phones, wearables, smart homes), there has not been the same degree of advancement in power and specifically batteries. Although software has created power usage efficiencies and lithium-ion batteries have been a huge step forward we are still limited to the useable timeframe for battery life. This article provides a comprehensive view on the current state of battery research. Topics covered include: • Chemical makeup: Cobalt is an expensive part of current battery cathodes and there is research to replace Cobalt with other materials.. Other materials such as the use of silicon in anodes has the potential to increase capacity (10x vs graphite), however there are problems with stability of the materials. IBM are doing research that will replace the current lithium-ion chemistry and remove the use of nickel and cobalt. They claim that the materials required can be extracted from seawater and have much lower manufacturing costs. Solid state batteries are a big focus, but still a work in progress despite the massive investments. The super material graphene has lots of potential, but is currently too expensive and complex. • Management of batteries: there is a lot of focus on the chemical makeup of batteries, however the article points out that better management could significantly enhance the performance and life of the batteries. • Charging: there is lots of work on alternate approaches to making charging easier and more convenient. These include over the air and wifi, capturing energy from the motion of the battery user, solar and even charging via chemical reactions with urine. Why I found this interesting: Battery tech has not kept up with other areas such as processing power (Moores Law). If we can get battery breakthroughs (size, cost, energy density, speed of charging, number of cycles) then the potential for disruption across almost all industries is incredible. There is huge push for electric cars and in certain countries this is being legislated for. However, despite the advances that companies like Tesla have made, there is still limited range and charging takes time. The use of the Internet of Things devices is also constrained by access to power e.g. deploying devices in remote locations without access to wired power. Increases in capacity and power output could radically change our https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/130380-future-batteries-coming-soon-charge-in-seconds-last-months-and-power-over-the-air https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/130380-future-batteries-coming-soon-charge-in-seconds-last-months-and-power-over-the-air ability to capture insights about our environment, from both a commercial and a social perspective. There is also the potential for there to be a positive impact on green/sustainability issues which is a hot topic. For example the reduction in the use of greenhouse gas producing fuels such as coal and oil in energy generation. Enhancements in batteries could make it easier to store energy produced from renewable sources and then release to users when required. How this links to the course: A lot of the research and innovation is happening within startups and spin offs from universities. This shows how smaller companies can take the risks that larger ones may not be able to. However the larger companies are also investing or supporting these companies and then buying them when their technology gets sufficiently advanced (for example Dyson acquired Sakti3 for $90M to help commercialize their ‘breakthrough’ solid- state battery tech (https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/dyson-acquires- sakti3-for-90m-to-help-commercialize-breakthrough-solid-state-battery- tech/) Tesla is another example of a company that has not lost its entrepreneurial culture even as it becomes “enterprise” in scale. It will be interesting to see the announcements they make during their “Battery Day” event on the 22nd September (https://www.tesla.com/en_au/2020shareholdermeeting) Topic B Title: A title/headline for your topic AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR SECOND TOPIC Link: Link(s) to the source(s) for your topic [add content here] Summary/Precis: In your own words [add content here] https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/dyson-acquires-sakti3-for-90m-to-help-commercialize-breakthrough-solid-state-battery-tech/ https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/dyson-acquires-sakti3-for-90m-to-help-commercialize-breakthrough-solid-state-battery-tech/ https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/dyson-acquires-sakti3-for-90m-to-help-commercialize-breakthrough-solid-state-battery-tech/ https://www.tesla.com/en_au/2020shareholdermeeting Why I found this interesting: In your own words [add content here] How this links to the course: In your own words [add content here] Week X Topic A Title: A title/headline for your topic [add content here] Link: Link(s) to the source(s) for your topic [add content here] Summary/Precis: In your own words [add content here] Why I found this interesting: In your own words [add content here] How this links to the course: In your own words [add content here] Topic B Title: A title/headline for your topic [add content here] Link: Link(s) to the source(s) for your topic [add content here] Summary/Precis: In your own words [add content here] Why I found this interesting: In your own words [add content here] How this links to the course: In your own words [add content here] © 2020 1 Vision OT MCR010: Instructions for Capturing your curiosity Background Entrepreneurs see customer needs that others ignore and identify innovative solutions before others see the value. Therefore, curiosity and marketplace awareness are critical to entrepreneurial success. Instructions Your personal project runs from week 3 to week 10 and each week you need to: • Identify two (2) topics/articles etc that you find interesting/curious • Using the template from the course Moodle page: o Create a new document each week (from week 3 to week 10) o Update the heading “Week X” to the correct week (starting Week 3) o Provide a Title and web link to the source material o Provide a summary/precis of the article (in your own words) o Explain why this made you curious/interested (in your own words) o Explain how it links to the course learnings (in your own words) • Upload your weekly document to the assignment link on Moodle o Each week the link for that week will be open from 00:01 on Tuesday and will close at 23:59 on the following Monday • Guidance o There is no fixed “number of words” required o However, you need to consider what is reasonable for 20% of your course marks – clearly 1 sentence is not enough, and 5 pages is too much o Quality and insights are more important than quantity – you can only do this if you read and understand the articles Rules Please note the following rules: • If you miss the submission for a week THERE IS NO CATCH UP • You cannot submit weeks in advance (the links are set to be active only during the appropriate week) • Submissions that do not use the template WILL NOT BE MARKED • Submissions that are shown by Turnitin to have plagiarism will be marked down accordingly (all the way to zero in extreme cases) Background Instructions Rules